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"Stardust" is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track over 1,500 times. Carmichael developed a taste for jazz while attending Indiana University .
Prior to his work with The Platters, Turner was the lead singer of a local vocal group called The Metrotones.While performing in a local club in Cleveland as the opening act for Redd Foxx, Turner was approached by local DJ Bill Crane and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for The Platters, as their lead singer as Tony Williams was soon to be leaving the group.
Under Ram's guidance, The Platters recorded eight songs for Federal in the R&B/gospel style, scoring a few minor regional hits on the West Coast, and backed Williams' sister, Linda Hayes. One song recorded during their Federal tenure, " Only You (And You Alone) ", originally written by Ram [ 4 ] for the Ink Spots , was deemed unreleasable by ...
Remove wikilink on Chicago--GDuwen Holler! 20:18, 9 July 2021 (UTC) "became one of Jones's" → "became one of his"--GDuwen Holler! 20:18, 9 July 2021 (UTC) ""Stardust" the orchestras of several radio stations across the United States often played it." → ""Stardust" was often played by the orchestras of several US radio stations."
He continued to perform with the Platters intermittently until 1960 but then won a legal action against Ram which allowed him to formally leave the group. Ram signed him as a solo singer for Reprise Records in 1961, recording Tony Williams Sings His Greatest Hits , including re-recordings of some of the Platters' songs, but returned to Philips ...
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The following set list was performed during the first show of the tour in Chicago, [11] and is not intended to be representative of all of the shows on the tour. Each show included banter with an interactive Magic 8 Ball before the debut of a surprise song that had never been played live before. [12]
Singer and songwriter Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton actually deserves that recognition, though Presley's recording overshadowed her initial success with the song. The rhythm and blues performer also wrote and recorded “Ball 'n' Chain” in 1961 which was later recorded by Janis Joplin, University of Washington music history professor ...